Hippolytia tomentosa (Dc.) Tzvelev

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hippolytia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial; stems solitary or fascicled, ca. 9 cm tall, erect, gray-white, appressed pubescent especially near capitula. Basal leaves with petiole 1-1.5 mm; leaf blade ovate, ca. 1.3 × 1 cm, both surfaces gray-white, densely pubescent, 2-pinnatisect; primary lateral segments 2-or 3-paired; ultimate segments narrowly elliptic. Stem leaves similar to basal leaves; leaves below synflorescence pinnatisect. Capitula 4-6, in apical dense corymb, pedunculate; peduncle very short, densely lanate or villous. Involucres campanulate, ca. 7 mm in diam.; phyllaries in 3 rows, abaxially villous, margin dark brown or pale brown scarious, outer ones lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, middle and inner ones elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 3-5 mm. Florets yellow, ca. 3.5 mm. Fl. Jun.
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Mature height (meter) 0.09
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Hippolytia tomentosa world distribution map, present in China and India

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:224914-1
WFO ID wfo-0000013560
COL ID 3M279
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Synonyms

Hippolytia tomentosa